The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested seven suspects over the fatal stabbing of a 42-year-old man and the subsequent burning of a village head’s residence and vehicle in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has commended the state Police Command for successfully rescuing the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of Rogo Local Government Area, Abdullahi Alasan Beli, popularly known as Abdullahi Fanka, after spending 68 days in the kidnappers' den.
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the posting of Commissioner of Police Salisu Bello Fago as the new Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, as the state continues to grapple with security challenges, including banditry and kidnapping.
Suspected bandits have killed five police officers after opening fire on a convoy conveying police personnel from Sokoto State to Zamfara State for a special duty assignment.
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command says it has arrested two suspected Ekpo masquerade participants over allegations of extortion, assault and terrorising residents in parts of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area.
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man, Umar Ibrahim Gandi Maradun, over a viral video allegedly showing him calling for AK-47 rifles to kill Christians, as the command begins an investigation into the incident over concerns about possible incitement to religious violence.
The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, has commended Governor Umo Eno for increasing the allowances of police officers and other security personnel serving at Government House by over 200 per cent.
The Police Command in Lagos State has detained four officers captured in a viral video allegedly harassing a young man in Odoguyan area of Ikorodu, pending disciplinary proceedings.
The Akwa Ibom Police Command has warned its personnel against extortion, abuse of authority and the unauthorised circulation of sensitive official information on social media, threatening disciplinary action against officers whose conduct undermines public confidence in the Force.
Police operatives, on Tuesday, fired teargas and dispersed residents, journalists and political figures gathered at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos for a memorial procession in honour of victims of the October 2020 #EndSARS protests.
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
